Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-21
VERY FAST

is being made in sinking it. At present it il
a depth of fifty feet. A covering was being
built over it yesterday afternoon that will
shelter the topmen from the night air,
Yesterday afternoon it WAS very disagreed
BILE there, as q perfect gale ragged, and it wae
with difficulty that one could keep from
emit bothered very little by water. Nine
teen buckets, containing three hundred
gallons each. completely emptied the stump,
being tho amount gathered there for the
past week. The Anaconda, a close neigh
Dor, and of much greater depth, about
keeps hat locality drained. Tliecnmpany
who formerly owned the mine never needed
a pump since the mine was first started,
and this will tend greatly to keeping down
expenses, rs they can produce copper more
cheaply than if they had to contend with
water at their own expense. All of the
above improvements are under the super
vision OF Richard Daw, an able, efficient
miner. Mr.. Tate, the architect, ia also
busily engaged in and about the mine, do
ing all the necessary timhering and framing
ing, when the h~oistinz works will be i'm
diately commenced and pushed to conpit-
ton.
THE sroNEwALL,
situated Just north OF Meaderville, is being
started up by Meesrs McEvoy & Kyle.
This property was purchased late last fall
and is only now preparing to commence
operations. Five four horse teams OF lum-
Der have been laid on tbs ground for build
ing the hosting works, and the machinery
is all in readiness to be placed in position.
Sinking will be commenced as soon as The
necessary preliminaries are completed.
Many of the prospects on the surface show
a ledge three feet in thickness and mill re-
turns have gone between forty-five and
fifty ounces. None of the prospects, are OF
any great depth and the sinking is for the
purpose OF thoroughly developing the
property, when, if the lead holds equally az
rich as that appearing On the surface, i'm
provements OF greater magnitude will be
added.
THE ANACONDA.
Considerable hosting of ore was done at
tne Anaconda yesterday afternoon. Large
lots Of timbers are in the yard and many
being received daily. The old ore dump
between the chutes and the mine is fast
disappearing and even that under the
different ira mways is being removed. A
Sin0h lOtSC oLIy 70 CLuPiOyCA VII eiIhts Tx
the machine shop some new work seems to
be underway, and in the blacksmith shop
quite a number OF young men are busiIy
engaged. The new building which will be
used for dealing out tools is fast nearing
completion. Yesterday they were laying
the shingles on it..
h MOUNTAIN III
has laid of all it's men and shut down. It
had been under lease and bond to Williams
& Pfouts. who had done rather extensive
prospecting, sinking the shaft 100 feet, run
west on the ledge $50 feet, and east IS
feet, together with an upraise of lis feet,
to connect With the level above. The work
taking out the pumps will commence to-
day.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Yesterday afternoon the men at the St.
were mostly engaged in taking
ti,,bers. A large amount OF timber is
piled in the yard, but when necessary the
engineer holsted ore with such rapidity as
lose the'smallest possible time by so do
ing.
A line Of mines owned by the Chambers
Syndicate, including the Matt. which ex.
tends down on the fat beyond Meader.
vile, the Modoc, Wake Up Jim, Green
Mountain Consolidated, Buffalo
and q lew other mines OF lesser magnitude.
are all making preparations for the early
shipment of ore.
The t~ailings at the Old Lexington are
icing reworked by the old time puddlipp
process and some of them appear very
'ich. A quantity tried yesterday re-
'urned quite q quantity Of quic~ silver bv
squeezing it in the palm OF the hand.
The Butte Sampling Works have not
'een working as steadily as in the past
'wing to an over supply OF ore at their
'melter at Pueblo. Col, or soft is rumored. !
Much OF the better class of ores from
essees is purchased by thi company.
hey ran only four days last week, though !
rom this on they will work with more
egularity.
The litigation about the Mamie Bell. west
the Eveline, has ben settled in favor of |
lam Brannan Il Company. A contract has !
'een let to sink the shaft twenty-five feet
pom which work will be at once begun.
The Old Lexington will erect a new and
nore substantial line OF boxes to convey
'ater to their mill the coming week, so AZ
o keep children from interfering and turn
1g it OIL, which causes much trouble to Mr..
'ateman, the Superintendent. This mill ia
'orking steadily'on ores from the lose
hine and Sisters mines.
Three assays of the Goldsmith mine ore
AIKEN last week showed returns of 1919 ~
B ounces to the ton.